PRESIDENTS A1)J)1!ESS. HI 



WORK OF AFFILIATED ORCJAMZATIOXS. 



At the Wult'ville local branch society, the attention of its members; 

 was engaged by Professor F. R. Haley, on Wireless Telegraphy ; bjf 

 Mr. V. L. Q. Chittick, describing the Government drill and its work 

 at Hantspoit, illustrated by specimens of cores produced by the 

 machine. Rev. F. G. Harrington exhibited Land and Water Shells 

 from the Loo Choo Islands. Professor Haycock gave an outline of the 

 Geological Structure of King's County. Professor F. C Sears demon- 

 strated'the Habits of Mud Wasps, with examples. Professor Erne-st 

 W. Sawyer discussed the Habitat and Habits of certain land and 

 water Moliusca of King's County, illustrated by a collection of some 

 fifty varieties and species. Professor Haycock sketched the manner 

 in which veins of Minerals are formed. Dr. E. N. Payzant made 

 remarks on Concentrates from Home and Foreign Mines, illustrated 

 by specimens. And Mr. A. H. Ruggles discussed the Parasites of 

 the Cabbage Worm, with illustrations. This course in itself was a 

 valuable one, even when considered from a Provincial point of view. 



The Halifax Botanical Club, under the presidency of Principal 

 W. H. Waddoll, of Halifax, met fortnightly during the winter months, 

 in the reading room of the Provincial Science Libraiy. The marine 

 algfv was the principal object of study, and Rev. Clarence MacKinnon 

 and other members made valuable additions to the local lists. During 

 the summer following, the Club met weekly in the City Hall, for the 

 study of the local flowering plants. Towards the end of the season 

 some progress was made in the special study of the local Solidagos and 

 Asters, in which some of the members became specially interested, on 

 account of the variability of the species. Some interest was also 

 developed in the violets, of which there appear to be more forms than 

 was hitherto suspected. 



(;eneral provixcial work. 

 These institutions are more or less affiliated with the Institute, 

 But as the leading scientific organization of the province, it is appro- 

 priate that we should take note of other work being done in the same 

 field. During the last two years the Marine Biological Laboratory of 

 Canada was stationed at Canso : and under the directorship of 

 Professor R. Ramsay Wright, Dean of the Science Faculty of the 



